Arguments on Censorship

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This paper analyzes Plato's philosophy on censorship as seen through his character of Socrates. It looks at how he claims that youth is the time when the character is being formed and desired impressions are easily gained and assimilated. We should not allow children to hear any casual tales narrated by casual writers and to receive into their minds ideas which are for the most part the exact opposite of those we would like them to possess when they are grown up. It provides examples from the different tales of the time of which Socrates might find objectionable, such as Oedipus the King, Medea, and the Trojan Horse.

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"Oedipus the King and Medea may be used as tools to educate the future leaders of the city state by holding them up as examples of what people should avoid intense passion, desire for revenge, brutality. The instructor may emphasize the quest for justice " goodness, truth, fear of God simplicity, humility " are as virtues that should guide human beings in their life in the ideal city state. These are the ideals that may be taught to the youth that even among enemies, there should be respect for the old, the women and the dead."

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